Plaksin Explained

Plaksin (male) and Plaksina (female) (Russian: Плаксин, Плаксина) are Russian surnames. They derived from the non-calendar given name Plaksa (translates as "crybaby, weeper"^[1]) that belonged to the apotropaic group of names that were supposed to turn away harm or misfortune from a child.^[2] First mentions of Plaksa and Plaksin surnames date back to the first half of the 16th century and include both peasants and boyars of Veliky Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod and Arzamas.^{[3] [4]} A well-known noble house (see The Plaksins) was founded in by Trofim Lukyanovich Plaksin of the Cossack Hetmanate who was granted Russian nobility for his service.^{[5] [6]}

Notable people

• Gleb Plaksin (1925—2008), French-born Soviet and Russian film actor
• Ivan Plaksin (1803—1877), Russian lieutenant-general, grandson of Trofim Plaksin^[7]
• Suzie Plakson (born Susan Plaksin 1958), American actress, singer, writer, poet, and artist
• Valentina Plaksina (born 1996), Russian rower^[8]
• Vasily Plaksin (1795—1869), Russian writer, literary historian and educator^[9]

Notes and References

1. http://slovardalja.net/word.php?wordid=26121 Plakat'/Плакать
2. Boris Unbegaun (1972, 1989). Russian surnames. — Oxford: Clarendon Press; Moscow: Progress, p. 165
3. Nikolai Tupikov (1903). Dictionary of Old Russian Given Names. — St. Petersburg: I. N. Skorokhodov's Printing House, pp. 305, 694
4. Stepan Vesyolovsky (1974). Onomasticon. Old Russian Names, Nicknames and Surnames. — Moscow: Nauka, p. 246
5. https://gerbovnik.ru/arms/2169 Plaksin coat of arms
6. [Armorial of Little Russia]
7. https://ru.wikisource.org/wiki/РБС/ВТ/Плаксин,_Иван_Семенович Plaksin Ivan Semyonovich
8. http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/46688/ Valentina Plaksina
9. https://ru.wikisource.org/wiki/РБС/ВТ/Плаксин,_Василий_Тимофеевич Plaksin Vasily Timofeevich